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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

to think that Bedtime Live on Channel 4 is unethical?

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NigellasGuest · 26/03/2013 20:47

can't believe they have hidden cameras in children's bedrooms and broadcast footage live to the nation. I know they mean well but I think it is an abuse of power as the children cannot give their consent. I would not want to grow up and look back at a childhood which involved this happening to me. AIBU?

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LineRunnyEgg · 26/03/2013 21:32

What's reasonable is what we as a society reasonably accept in terms of proxy consent by parents, i.e. what parents are allowed to do to their child and what they are allowed to agree to on behalf of their child, and what then is shown to the whole wide world.

And I think we need to err on the side of caution as the chidren are not able to consent themselves.

I would think twice now about putting photos of any family members online, tbh. It's a whole new world - it can't be eradicated.

WorraLiberty · 26/03/2013 21:36

Goodnight NigellasGuest, sleep tight (genuine)

I read that in the voice of Vanessa from Gavin and Stacey

pigletmania · 26/03/2013 21:37

Yabvvvvvu overreacting and over dramatic. Abuse I don't think so

neunundneunzigluftballons · 26/03/2013 21:41

Yanbu I found it uncomfortable Watching the little boy head banging and turned

LtEveDallas · 26/03/2013 21:47

Linerunner, that's how I feel about it. It's the digital age. This series will end up on iplayer and YouTube and will be there forever. What happens if in the future the 10 year old, 15 year old, 20 year old objects? They won't be able to get it taken down. The parents don't know how their little children are going to feel about it when they are older.

It makes me uncomfortable and if these children are anything like mine was - why on earth would anyone want to watch a child getting genuinely upset and hysterical?

MrsBW · 26/03/2013 21:51

Worra

Angelico · 26/03/2013 21:57

Ah, just when it was getting boring sane around here... Sleep tight OP! :)

neveronamonday · 26/03/2013 21:58

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LineRunnyEgg · 26/03/2013 22:01

LtEve, exactly, it's not a family photo album or a bit of old cine film in an attic. I just think that maybe we need to consider what we are allowing parents to consent to on behalf of the child. Because the gaze of the world has grown and changed.

HumphreyCobbler · 26/03/2013 22:03

however desperate I got for help I would NEVER put my child on tv. This footage will be around for ever. I feel the same about all these kind of programmes, the House of Tiny Tearaways, Supernanny etc.

It is an abuse of the child's right to privacy.

ElBurroSinNombre · 26/03/2013 22:11

Can someone confirm whether Jake Humphrey is going to be a dad soon? I don't think that he mentioned it.

pigletmania · 26/03/2013 22:46

Yes he is, hevsaid last week

FRPownall · 14/05/2013 19:05

The child's rights are overseen and decisions are made by the parents. These parents clearly need help and people who watch it also need help.
I wonder how many of you people who are concerned about the children's privacy have social network accounts and will allow their children access to these kinds of sites!?!.. Much more worrying than a few minutes of showing how these techniques actually work.
And lefts face it... Who will remember this when the kids are fully grown anyway?

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